Over 100 producers of fruit and vegetables from Pazardzhik, Plovdiv, Karnobat and Stara Zagora blocked the major Plovdiv - Karlovo road with tractors. This has been the second of a series of protests against the agricultural policy of the government. Protesters invited the Minister of Agriculture to come to them but he scheduled a press conference for March 16th in Sofia.
"It would be good for the minister to come and hear first hand the people’s problems," Mariana Miltenova of the Bulgarian National Horticultural Union has told BNR.
According to farmers, payments under the support scheme were not only late, but were also 25-percent lower than those in 2021, while costs have increased by 50% and this could lead to bankruptcy.
Young doctors, interns and medical students are once again staging a national protest under the slogan "Future in Bulgaria". They are demanding better working conditions, higher pay, motivating conditions for postgraduate education and a long-term..
It will be clear across the country tonight, with a light easterly breeze in eastern Bulgaria. Expect another hot and sunny day, with temperatures reaching 35–40 °C. Later in the day, a cold atmospheric front will move in from the west,..
A large fire stretching about 10 kilometers is burning east of the town of Karnobat, Burgas district, reported the mayor of Karnobat Municipality Georgi Dimitrov. Due to strong winds, extinguishing the fire is difficult, said BNR’s correspondent..
A large fire stretching about 10 kilometers is burning east of the town of Karnobat, Burgas district, reported the mayor of Karnobat Municipality..
The National Revenue Agency is inspecting currency exchange offices due to increased interest in buying euros . Within just one week, the exchange of..
At a Sofia City Council (SCC) briefing, municipal officials who recently left the We Continue the Change (PP) party declared they would not be complicit..
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